3 replies to this topic

[Mike Permanian]

Why don't controllers have fuses to prevent damage from accidently hooking up the positive to negative and negative to positive? I did this to a friend's Difalco controller. He his gonna send it back to Difalco to be repaired, I hope.

Thanks

Mike

[Sloter]

They make a wire holder for the connector end of the controller that would help. The repair will more than likely be inexpensive.

 

Bob

[MSwiss]

I saved quite a few controllers from blowing, by adding this to my tracks.  

 

A fusable link on the brake line, using a couple of alligator clips with stranding from stripped lead wire.

 

I can control how easy it blows by the amount of wire bundles I use.

 

I think it does matter on how exactly the controller is hooked up wrong on whether it will blow, but it has blown hundreds of times over the years.

 

[Slotracer17]

I resorted to a simple fix for blowing brake pots at Jim Difalco's suggestion. Using two Velcro strips to separate and keep controller wires in the proper order has worked for me. You need to check the layout of the hook up for each track as it does vary.